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Creative Writing Workshop-Novel Writing

Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

This is a special session of the reoccurring Creative Writing Workshop, that will focus again on Novel Writing. Back by popular demand, instructor Elaine Handley, will teach partic...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Holden Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

This is a special session of the reoccurring Creative Writing Workshop, that will focus again on Novel Writing. Back by popular demand, instructor Elaine Handley, will teach participants the art of Novel Writing. 

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Virtual: Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic with Kate Quinn

Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Age Group:

Adults

Library Speakers Consortium:

Registration is required and a high speed internet connection is recommended. Register for this author talk and check out other online author talks here: https://libraryc.org/crand...

Event Details:

You’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work, The Astral Library, which poses the question: Have you ever...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual
Event Details:

You’re invited to join us for a virtual conversation with acclaimed author Kate Quinn about her latest fantastical work, The Astral Library, which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book?

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Folklife Live & Local: Hudson River Ceili

Monday, March 16, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Age Group:

All Ages

Event Details:

Hudson River Ceili performs traditional Irish and Celtic style music and dance. The group especially enjoys high energy dance tunes from Irish, Quebecois and New England traditions...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Folklife Center, Performance
Event Details:

Hudson River Ceili performs traditional Irish and Celtic style music and dance. The group especially enjoys high energy dance tunes from Irish, Quebecois and New England traditions.

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Beyond the Panels: Graphic Novel Club

Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Each month, Beyond the Panels picks a graphic novel to read and discuss.March's PickWatchmen by Alan MooreIt’s the 1980s—The United States has emerged victorious in the Vietnam War...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Crandall Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Each month, Beyond the Panels picks a graphic novel to read and discuss.

March's Pick

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Cover of the book John Brown in New York The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape By Sandra Weber showing a brown clapboard farmhouse sitting amoung green grass and trees next to a body of water.

John Brown in the Adirondacks with Author Sandra Weber

Monday, March 23, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Join us for a compelling lecture with historian and author Sandra Weber, featuring her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape. ...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Folklife Center, Lecture, Local Interest
Event Details:

Join us for a compelling lecture with historian and author Sandra Weber, featuring her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape.

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Women's History Month- Women of Mystery: Why They Read and How They Write

Monday, March 16, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Christine L. McDonald Community Room at Crandall Public Library
Age Group:
Adults, Teens

Join us for a special Women's History Month event, Women of Mystery: Why They Read and How They Write. This program is presented by Jane Murphy, member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Capital Region chapter.

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Book Discussion, Lecture, Local Interest
Event Details:

Join us for a special Women's History Month event, Women of Mystery: Why They Read and How They Write. This program is presented by Jane Murphy, member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Capital Region chapter.

Cover of the book John Brown in New York The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape By Sandra Weber showing a brown clapboard farmhouse sitting amoung green grass and trees next to a body of water.

John Brown in the Adirondacks with Author Sandra Weber

Monday, March 23, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Christine L. McDonald Community Room at Crandall Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for a compelling lecture with historian and author Sandra Weber, featuring her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape.

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Folklife Center, Lecture, Local Interest
Event Details:

Join us for a compelling lecture with historian and author Sandra Weber, featuring her newest book, John Brown in New York: The Man, His Family, and the Adirondack Landscape.

A photograph of a mountain lion in a tree paired with the bio image of the guest speaker, Renee Seacor.

Catamount Conversations: Reimagining a Wild Future for the Northeast

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Christine L. McDonald Community Room at Crandall Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

Catamounts—also known as cougars, pumas, or mountain lions—once played a vital ecological role in the forests of the Northeast.

Big Read:

Join us in reading The Big Read selection, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach, and then participate in programs that revolve around the theme of Our Nature: How our phy...

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture, Local Interest
Event Details:

Catamounts—also known as cougars, pumas, or mountain lions—once played a vital ecological role in the forests of the Northeast.

Join us in reading The Big Read selection, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach, and then participate in programs that revolve around the theme of Our Nature: How our physical environment can lead us to seek hope, courage, and connection. 

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. 

Photo of the Crandall Public Library's pollinator garden paired with an image of the garden's inspiration: the cecropia moth

Pollinator & Bird Gardens

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Christine L. McDonald Community Room at Crandall Public Library
Age Group:
All Ages

Have you seen our Bird Garden? Join Southern Adirondack Audubon Society horticulturist, Mary-Beth Wagner to learn about the design and purpose of our garden, and how to start your own.

 

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Lecture, Local Interest
Event Details:

Have you seen our Bird Garden? Join Southern Adirondack Audubon Society horticulturist, Mary-Beth Wagner to learn about the design and purpose of our garden, and how to start your own.

 

Alberta, Quebec and separation

Monday, April 20, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Christine L. McDonald Community Room at Crandall Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

Independence movements are making news in two Canadian provinces -- Alberta and Quebec. Greg Brownell offers a one-hour program looking at those movements, and the affect they are having on Canadian politics.

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Event Details:

Independence movements are making news in two Canadian provinces -- Alberta and Quebec. Greg Brownell offers a one-hour program looking at those movements, and the affect they are having on Canadian politics.

The cover of the book 'Bitter Freedom: Memoirs of a Holocaust Survivor ' by Jafa Wallach paired with the title, date, and time of the talk.

An Evening With Rena Bernstein: A Child Holocaust Survivor's Amazing Story

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Christine L. McDonald Community Room at Crandall Public Library
Age Group:
Adults, Teens

Join Crandall and the Adirondack Literacy Council to hear from Rena Bernstein, a local Holocaust Survior.

Library Branch: Crandall Public Library
Room: Christine L. McDonald Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Teens
Program Type: Author Talk, Lecture
Event Details:

Join Crandall and the Adirondack Literacy Council to hear from Rena Bernstein, a local Holocaust Survior.